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MOST POPULAR ARCADE GAMES NOVEMBER 1992                                          
 1. Pinball Dreams                     317    20.46 %    (1)  
 2. Sensible Soccer                    107     6.91 %    (4)  
 3. Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge II     81     5.23 %    (2)  
 4. Turrican II                         80     5.16 %    (6)  
 5. Project-X                           75     4.84 %    (3)  
 6. Kick Off II                         73     4.71 %    (5)  
 7. Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge 3      64     4.13 %    (NEW)
 8. Shadow of the Beast 3               41     2.65 %    (NEW)
 9. Formula One Grand Prix              31     2.00 %    (18) 
10. Premiere                            30     1.94 %    (NEW)
11. Pinball Fantasies                   29     1.87 %    (NEW)
    Another World                       29     1.87 %    (8)  
13. Fire & Ice                          28     1.81 %    (7)  
14. Jaguar XJ 220                       27     1.74 %    (10) 
15. Dyna Blaster                        25     1.61 %    (15) 
16. Turrican                            23     1.48 %    (NEW)
17. Jim Power                           21     1.36 %    (15) 
    Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge        21     1.36 %    (11) 
19. Zool                                20     1.29 %    (NEW)
20. Agony                               19     1.23 %    (9)  

MOST POPULAR STRATEGY GAMES NOVEMBER 1992                                          
 1. The Secret of Monkey Island II    335    22.87 %    (1)  
 2. The Secret of Monkey Island       116     7.92 %    (2)  
 3. Civilization                       99     6.76 %    (7)  
 4. Populous II                        66     4.51 %    (4)  
 5. Eye of the Beholder II             61     4.16 %    (3)  
 6. Lemmings                           58     3.96 %    (5)  
 7. Hook                               42     2.87 %    (10) 
 8. Sim City                           36     2.46 %    (6)  
 9. Lure of the Temptress              34     2.32 %    (NEW)
10. Dune                               30     2.05 %    (NEW)
11. Railroad Tycoon                    29     1.98 %    (11) 
12. Pirates                            28     1.91 %    (8)  
13. Indiana Jones 4                    25     1.71 %    (19) 
14. Black Crypt                        19     1.30 %    (13) 
15. Battle Isle                        18     1.23 %    (14) 
16. Powermonger                        17     1.16 %    (20) 
17. Mega lo Mania                      15     1.02 %    (8)  
18. Lemmings II                        14     0.96 %    (NEW)
19. Steel Empire                       12     0.82 %    (NEW)
    Populous                           12     0.82 %    (17) 

MOST POPULAR ONE PART DEMOS NOVEMBER 1992                                          
 1. Quartex - "Substance"                247    16.83 %    (1)  
 2. Sanity - "Elysium"                   151    10.29 %    (2)  
 3. Anarchy - "Hardcore"                 126     8.58 %    (3)  
 4. Phenomena - "Joyride"                124     8.45 %    (4)  
 5. Complex - "Gospel Karaoke"            77     5.25 %    (10) 
 6. Sanity - "Optimum Fuckup"             76     5.18 %    (7)  
 7. Desire - "Menace"                     59     4.02 %    (19) 
 8. Coma - "Hot Dots"                     54     3.68 %    (5)  
 9. Cryptoburners - "The Hunt..."         40     2.72 %    (6)  
10. Vision - "Can't Be"                   37     2.52 %    (9)  
11. Red Sector Inc. - "Cebit '90"         26     1.77 %    (17) 
12. Rednex - "Quackbusted"                25     1.70 %    (15) 
13. Melon Dezign - "Bomb"                 21     1.43 %    (NEW)
    Complex - "Vector Preview"            21     1.43 %    (12) 
    Silents - "Mentro? Dentro?"           21     1.43 %    (8)  
16. Spreadpoint - "Cube-o-Matic"          19     1.29 %    (14) 
17. Red Sector Inc. - "Misery Dentro"     18     1.23 %    (18) 
18. Shining - "Vector Exterminator"       17     1.16 %    (11) 
19. Phenomena - "Animotion"               16     1.09 %    (20) 
20. Adept - "Brontopia"                   15     1.02 %    (NEW)
    Rebels - "Blue House II"              15     1.02 %    (13) 

MOST POPULAR MULTILOAD DEMOS NOVEMBER 1992                                          
 1. Silents & Crionics - "Hardwired"    438    24.46 %    (1)  
 2. Kefrens - "Guardian Dragon II"      182    10.16 %    (3)  
 3. Andromeda - "D.O.S"                 142     8.15 %    (4)  
 4. Alcatraz - "Odyssey"                108     6.03 %    (2)  
 5. Melon Dezign - "Human Target"       106     5.92 %    (6)  
 6. Anarchy - "In The Kitchen"           73     4.08 %    (8)  
 7. Reflect - "Sound Vision"             72     4.02 %    (17) 
 8. Spaceballs - "Wayfarer"              57     3.18 %    (5)  
 9. Phenomena - "Enigma"                 49     2.74 %    (9)  
    Melon Dezign - "S.O.S"               49     2.74 %    (10) 
11. Razor 1911 - "Voyage"                43     2.40 %    (7)  
12. Complex - "Delirium"                 42     2.35 %    (20) 
13. Anarchy - "3D Demo"                  37     2.07 %    (11) 
14. Andromeda - "Point Blank"            29     1.62 %    (13) 
15. Scoopex - "Mental Hangover"          27     1.51 %    (19) 
16. Silents - "Static Chaos"             24     1.34 %    (NEW)
    Silents - "Xpose"                    24     1.34 %    (NEW)
18. Red Sector Inc. Megademo             23     1.28 %    (NEW)
19. Andromeda - "Multica"                19     1.06 %    (12) 
20. Axis - "Unknown Territory"           18     1.01 %    (NEW)

MOST POPULAR CODERS NOVEMBER 1992                                          
 1. The Spy / Crionics          433    24.73 %    (1)  
 2. Dan / Anarchy               167     9.54 %    (2)  
 3. Performer / Melon Dezign    153     8.74 %    (4)  
 4. Chaos / Sanity              148     8.45 %    (3)  
 5. Laxity / Kefrens            105     6.00 %    (7)  
 6. Azatoth / Phenomena          96     5.48 %    (5)  
 7. Hannibal / Anarchy           51     2.92 %    (8)  
 8. Hornet / Alcatraz            42     2.40 %    (6)  
 9. Slayer / Scoopex             34     1.94 %    (13) 
10. Dr. Jekyll / Andromeda       33     1.88 %    (14) 
11. Zeque / Reflect              27     1.54 %    (NEW)
12. Sim / Razor Design           25     1.43 %    (9)  
13. Slammer / Anarchy            24     1.37 %    (9)  
    Crackerjack / Mirage         24     1.37 %    (NEW)
15. Deftronic / Crionics         21     1.20 %    (11) 
16. Thomas Landspurg             19     1.09 %    (17) 
17. Lone Starr / Spaceballs      15     0.86 %    (11) 
    Saviour / Complex            15     0.86 %    (NEW)
19. Spook / Digital              14     0.80 %    (NEW)
20. Jinx / Devils                13     0.74 %    (NEW)
    Buddha / Spreadpoint         13     0.74 %    (15) 

MOST POPULAR GRAPHIC ARTISTS NOVEMBER 1992                                          
 1. Facet / Anarchy           336    18.24 %    (1)  
 2. Uno / Scoopex             193    10.48 %    (2)  
 3. R.W.O / Kefrens           150     8.14 %    (4)  
 4. Cougar / Sanity           146     7.93 %    (3)  
 5. Rack / Majic 12            67     3.64 %    (7)  
 6. Hof / Silents              65     3.53 %    (11) 
 7. Walt / Melon Dezign        58     3.15 %    (13) 
 8. Danny                      52     2.82 %    (NEW)
 9. Iridon / Shining           46     2.50 %    (8)  
10. Angeldawn / Scoopex        45     2.44 %    (8)  
    Scuba / X-Trade            45     2.44 %    (16) 
12. PGCS / Alcatraz            44     2.39 %    (5)  
13. Mikael Balle / Silents     42     2.28 %    (8)  
14. J.O.E / TRSI               40     2.17 %    (6)  
15. Fairfax / Andromeda        37     2.01 %    (12) 
16. Zoom / Anarchy             33     1.79 %    (14) 
17. Kris / Rebels              32     1.74 %    (NEW)
18. Mack / Melon Dezign        29     1.57 %    (NEW)
19. Mithrandir / Acme          28     1.52 %    (14) 
20. Alex / Alcatraz            27     1.47 %    (NEW)


MOST POPULAR MUSICIANS NOVEMBER 1992                                          
 1. Audiomonster / Melon Dezign       191    10.24 %    (1)  
 2. Mantronix & Tip / Phenomena       145     7.77 %    (2)  
 3. Jester / Sanity                   138     7.40 %    (7)  
 4. Nuke / Anarchy                    120     6.43 %    (2)  
 5. Moby / Dreamdealers               115     6.17 %    (8)  
 6. Jesper Kyd / Silents              114     6.11 %    (4)  
 7. Heatbeat / Carillon               103     5.52 %    (5)  
 8. S.L.L / Kefrens                    84     4.50 %    (10) 
 9. 4-Mat / Anarchy                    71     3.80 %    (6)  
10. Static / Silents                   68     3.65 %    (12) 
11. NHP & BKH / Anarchy                61     3.27 %    (11) 
12. Bit Arts / Sanity                  45     2.41 %    (13) 
13. Bruno / SCUP                       42     2.25 %    (9)  
14. WOTW / Gothic                      41     2.20 %    (NEW)
    Mel O'Dee / Shining                41     2.20 %    (16) 
16. Bjorn A. Lynne                     37     1.98 %    (15) 
17. Lizardking / Alcatraz              24     1.29 %    (19) 
18. Delorean / Complex                 20     1.07 %    (NEW)
19. Romeo Knight / Red Sector Inc.     18     0.97 %    (20) 
20. Mad Freak / Anarchy                17     0.91 %    (NEW)

MOST POPULAR PACK DISK MAKERS NOVEMBER 1992                                          
 1. Rebels                       155    10.44 %    (4)  
 2. Paradise                     131     8.82 %    (6)  
 3. Anarchy                      125     8.42 %    (1)  
 4. Alcatraz                     101     6.80 %    (3)  
    Noxious                      101     6.80 %    (7)  
 6. Sanity                        71     4.78 %    (10) 
 7. Axis                          60     4.04 %    (2)  
 8. Tech                          57     3.84 %    (9)  
 9. Tristar & Red Sector Inc.     56     3.77 %    (5)  
10. Silents                       49     3.30 %    (8)  
11. The Special Brothers          46     3.10 %    (11) 
12. Devils                        45     3.03 %    (14) 
13. LSD                           42     2.83 %    (15) 
14. Scoopex                       27     1.82 %    (18) 
15. Gothic                        23     1.55 %    (NEW)
16. Infect                        20     1.35 %    (NEW)
17. Desire                        16     1.08 %    (NEW)
    Addonic                       16     1.08 %    (12) 
19. Dual Crew                     15     1.01 %    (NEW)
20. End of Century 1999           14     0.94 %    (NEW)

MOST POPULAR SLIDESHOWS NOVEMBER 1992                                          
 1. Alcatraz - "Museum"         47    15.46 %    (NEW)
 2. Kefrens - "Masterpieces"    46    15.13 %    (NEW)
 3. Mirage - "Forgotten"        45    14.80 %    (NEW)
 4. X-Trade - "Color Crime"     34    11.18 %    (NEW)
 5. Melon Dezign - "Prism"      33    10.86 %    (NEW)

MOST POPULAR DISK MAGAZINES NOVEMBER 1992                                          
 1. R.A.W / Pure Metal Coders    512    29.53 %    (1)  
 2. McDisk / Alcatraz            237    13.67 %    (2)  
 3. Stolen Data / Anarchy        178    10.27 %    (4)  
 4. I.C.E / I.C.E Team           165     9.52 %    (3)  
 5. Top Secret / Majic 12        104     6.00 %    (5)  
 6. Eternal / Rebels              92     5.31 %    (NEW)
 7. Grapevine / LSD               85     4.90 %    (8)  
 8. Zine / Brainstorm             73     4.21 %    (6)  
 9. Hack-Mag / D-Tect             56     3.23 %    (7)  
10. Maggy / Complex               33     1.90 %    (9)  
11. Satanic Rites / Destiny       25     1.44 %    (NEW)
12. Chit Chat / Mirage            23     1.33 %    (11) 
13. Nordic Report / Noxious       16     0.92 %    (10) 
14. Magbox / Balance              15     0.87 %    (NEW)
    Freedom Crack / Vega          15     0.87 %    (13) 

MOST POPULAR MUSIC DISKS NOVEMBER 1992                                          
 1. Sanity - "Jesterday"                      283    18.12 %    (1)  
 2. Anarchy - "Legalise It"                   167    10.69 %    (3)  
 3. Phenomena - "Crystal Symphonies II"       144     9.22 %    (2)  
 4. Sanity - "Turmoil"                        140     8.96 %    (6)  
 5. Phenomena - "Crystal Symphonies"          120     7.68 %    (5)  
 6. Noiseless & Silents - "Dizzy Tunes"       100     6.40 %    (7)  
 7. Anarchy - "Spring Melodies"                97     6.21 %    (4)  
 8. Paradise - "Techno Tower"                  51     3.27 %    (14) 
 9. Anarchy - "Brunos Music Box 3"             28     1.79 %    (8)  
10. Freestyle - "Perfect 5"                    23     1.47 %    (NEW)
11. Crusaders - "Bass-o-Matic"                 22     1.41 %    (16) 
12. Dual Crew & Complex - "Finlandia"          21     1.34 %    (10) 
13. Phenomena - "Music Dream II"               19     1.22 %    (13) 
    Mahoney & Kaktus - "His Master's Noise"    19     1.22 %    (9)  
15. Hardline - "Black Energy"                  16     1.02 %    (19) 
16. Parasite - "Imperial Tunes"                14     0.90 %    (NEW)
17. Silents - "Sound Of Silents"               13     0.83 %    (NEW)
18. Chrome - "Digital Disco II"                12     0.77 %    (11) 
    ??? - "Manic Raves II"                     12     0.77 %    (NEW)
    Zite Productions - "Musical Secrets"       12     0.77 %    (NEW)

MOST POPULAR OVERALL GROUPS NOVEMBER 1992                                          
 1. Silents                          413    21.60 %    (2)  
 2. Anarchy                          350    18.31 %    (1)  
 3. Melon Dezign / Crystal           180     9.41 %    (5)  
 4. Andromeda                        126     6.59 %    (3)  
 5. Kefrens                          119     6.22 %    (4)  
 6. Phenomena                         86     4.50 %    (6)  
 7. Sanity                            82     4.29 %    (7)  
 8. Rebels                            53     2.77 %    (9)  
    Alcatraz                          53     2.77 %    (8)  
10. Complex                           43     2.25 %    (10) 
11. Surprise Productions / Scoopex    26     1.36 %    (12) 
    Tristar & Red Sector Inc.         26     1.36 %    (10) 
13. Pure Metal Coders                 21     1.10 %    (13) 
14. Paradise                          16     0.84 %    (17) 
    Crack Inc.                        16     0.84 %    (19) 
16. Spaceballs                        12     0.63 %    (16) 
    LSD                               12     0.63 %    (NEW)
    Nemesis                           12     0.63 %    (17) 
19. Majic 12                          11     0.58 %    (14) 
    Skid Row                          11     0.58 %    (NEW)
    Reflect                           11     0.58 %    (NEW)



MOST POPULAR ARCADE GAMES NOVEMBER 1992                                          
MOST POPULAR STRATEGY GAMES NOVEMBER 1992                                          
MOST POPULAR ONE PART DEMOS NOVEMBER 1992                                          
MOST POPULAR MULTILOAD DEMOS NOVEMBER 1992                                          
MOST POPULAR CODERS NOVEMBER 1992                                          
MOST POPULAR GRAPHIC ARTISTS NOVEMBER 1992                                          
MOST POPULAR MUSICIANS NOVEMBER 1992                                          
MOST POPULAR PACK DISK MAKERS NOVEMBER 1992                                          
MOST POPULAR SLIDESHOWS NOVEMBER 1992                                          
MOST POPULAR DISK MAGAZINES NOVEMBER 1992                                          
MOST POPULAR MUSIC DISKS NOVEMBER 1992                                          
MOST POPULAR OVERALL GROUPS NOVEMBER 1992                                          



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Instructions
Prices
Letters and Messages
Cheating
Alternative Chart
Competition
What a Wonderful World
News A-D
News E-R
News S-Z
List of Voters
Advertisements, Part 1
Advertisements, Part 2
Advertisements, Part 3
Advertisements, Part 4

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                          Hithansen of Funky Buddhas
                     Looking rather serious (for him, that is!)


             Slammer of Anarchy, the dude behin 'In the Kitchen'
               Looks like he's having a heck of a good time...


                          Mega Madness of Warpigs.
        EXTREMELY happy, considering the fact that he's a WARpig!


                            Bored of Himself!
       Shooting some unknown stranger. Nobody knows about the result.


                                No comment...


             Claus (?), some girl, and Mega Madness of Warpigs.
                   Who do YOU think is the most happy???


                       Hithansen of Funky Buddhas.
             Dressed up for another episode of... RESCUE 911!


             Hawkeye of Kefrens and Cutcreator of Static Bytes.
Perhaps Cutcreator is so happy because he just had a couple of sixpacks???


                    Once again, Mega Madness of Warpigs.
            This time showing his notorious driving abilities...


                               Bike-Fight !!!


                  Gunhed of Exact, being a total TRAITOR...
                   Namely playing his NINTENDO GAMEBOY !!!


              Buck of Static Bytes and a dog by Cougar/Sanity.
                        It's the dog to the right...

         Outside a huge hall 'containing' an Australian Amiga fair.


               Norwegian Amiga-freak REMIX at your service...


                     Mega Madness and Castor of Warpigs.
                 Playing around in some so-called MOON-CARS.


                 Xience of Anarchy, looking a little mad or what?


                   Playboy and Cutcreator of Static Bytes.
               Playing in the KUGLEP0L at Galemandsgilde '92.


                   The new pair in the Danish Amiga Scene:
              DICE and ZEUS of KEFRENS, showing their forces...


            Jones of Static Bytes. No further comments needed...


                      Two unidentified Amiga freaks...
            ...but the guy on the right looks like Quackbuster...


                    Also this guy's name remains unknown...
              ...But he sure LOOKS like someone from PARASITE !




@1Tune out everything else...    Nothing else exists but me...    Breathe deeply...    Starting with your toes... relax everything till there is no tension left in your body...    Keep reading this scroll...    You find yourself getting tired...    Nothing will feel better right now than a nice long deep sleep...    I am going to count backwards from five, when I finish you will be asleep...    Five      @2Four      @3Three     @1Two      @2One.........                        @3Static Bytes @1present to you...  @2The Official EuroChart Issue 17 - @3November 1992            As you know @2The Official EuroChart @1is published monthly except February, April, June, August, October, and December.... Or in other words... Issue 18 will be out around the 1st of January 1993, or to be more precise at THE PARTY 1992.   And as a result of that the DEADLINE for votes, advertisements, clip-art, etc. etc.  is @2THE 19th OF DECEMBER 1992. @1However the deadline for gallery-pictures is (as usual) 1 week before that i.e. @2THE 13th OF DECEMBER.   @1So as you can see there is plenty of time to dig out a picture for the gallery, draw a little piece of clip-art, design an advertisement, and scribble down your votes.    Well enough about that...      Alert readers (both of you) are already aware that we have made an innovative change in the Gallery Section.    For the first time in the history of @2The Official EuroChart @1we bring you @3The Gallery @1- IN @1C@2O@3L@2O@1R@2S @1- Technicolor (tm).     We hope that you like this new style and that you will send us a lot of pictures for the next issue.       At this time I was supposed to present to you another chapter of the amazing story about Ken.   However I am very sad to tell you that....  Naahh JUST KIDDIN'   there will ofcourse be a Ken story for you this time but first a very short message from the author.    @3Hello everyone! Nice to be back once again.   Ehrm.. If this issue is a day or two late, please don't blame Static Bytes..   Yes, you guessed it. It's my fault again.    Enough of those negative vibes. Let's have another chapter of The Story About Ken   or as I like to call it    A True Story From The Future     Chapter Ten ----------> @1Ken turned around and saw them coming. At the same moment a dozen stun guns where fired at them and they dropped to the floor.         Ken heard voices speaking about him and Roger. They were back in the detention block, lying on the rubber floor.         @2I will not have this! Do you understand ? If they are fired upon each time they try to escape their memory will be of no use to us.  @3 Yes sir   @1It was Brenauzcky. He was very angry with the behaviour of the guards.       @2Get up guys. There's work to do. The WORM is running again.      @3It would be easier to get up if you didn't have your brainless guards fire at us all the time.     @2Of course.. But then again, you where trying to escape and we can't have you running around town warning every low-life hacker.           @1Brenauzcky lead on. Two of the guards followed. They walked through a corridor with doors every second meter. As they came closer to the end, they could see a heavy steel door with a black and yellow stripe around it. Brenauzcky put his hand on the security scanner and the door opened. They walked inside and the door closed behind them. He again put his hand on a scanner.                     @2This air-lock is the outer limit of your access. You are allowed to move freely within this limit. Just put your hand on the security scanner like this.                     @1The door opened and they faced a huge office landscape.      @2This is the control room. All these people you see here are specialists in their field and if you have some questions, just ask them.   @3Where's Tanisha ? I want to see her now!    @2I'm affraid that's not possible. We'll keep her on ice, so to speak, until we see some results from you.                   @1At the far end of the office landscape there were a bunch of control consoles, terminals and decrypting equipment. In short, a hacker's heaven.                 @3Wow! Look at all this hardware, Ken!    Pretty impressive.. What do you want us to do exactly, Mr. Brenauzcky?     @2Let's move over to were your control consoles are. Here...  @1Brenauzcky explained what all the gadgets were supposed to do and showed them how to use them. Another man walked up to them.    @3Are these the civilans?     @2Ken, Roger. This is Mr. Merrill. He's in charge of the control room.     He'll explain what you are to do.    @3As you might know we've had troubles with WORM programs ever since Internet was the hot thing. I suppose you know much about WORMs, but this one is rather special. It seems to be adaptable to both digital and analog biological computers. Apart from that we don't know much about it. The problem is that it can move from a digital system to a biological system in a matter of milliseconds. When it moves it seems to insert a small seed in the microcode and this seed grows to become yet another WORM eventually linking up with the main WORM. The growth process, from then the seed is planted to the WORM is active requires so much capacity that most systems shut down or even worse, the security systems malfunction, revealing sensitive information with is linked up with the main WORM. We fear the moment the WORM leaves the network with all that information.  @2Gee. You have a problem!  @3Correct. And I hope you can help us fix it.     @2Well, we'll do our best, won't we Roger?   @3I guess so..                 @1Roger felt real important. It's not commonplace for the government to hire kids their age to do their hard work.                    As days passed on, Ken and Roger got the works of how everything worked and soon they were a part of the team. Even Tanisha, who eventually had to be reactivated for Ken to cooperate, was working with the CERT Tracer Team.                            Mr. Brenauzcky and Mr. Merrill even felt so secure about their cooperation that Ken and Roger were let out of the complex for short trips to the city. Of course after being persuaded that their trips were non-leisure trips and were vital to the project, which they in some very seldom cases were.                                     The time had come to try and gain some information from local hacker clubs and underground hacker societies. They had heard a rumour that a place called The Laboratory might be a good place to pick up the threads.                           The Laboratory wasn't the elite bunch of hacker in the country, but they often got mentioned on the news for doing illegal work for foregin corporations stealing industrial secrets. Therefore they had a pretty tight security system, and they wouldn't let just any stranger in.                       One of Roger's old friends had set up a meeting with one of the Laboratory members and had promised him that Roger would bring a brand new Firefly XP-190 portable terminal. The only problem for Roger and Ken were that they had absolutely no money and CERT certainly wouldn't give them any.                   @2Ken, I've got it. I know how we can get hold of the Firefly!       @3How? Pump one of your cards for cash again?         @2No, that won't work. There's a limit to what you can withdraw from them and it doesn't come close to what the Firefly costs.  Ok, there's at least four shops in this town that stock the Firefly right?    @3Right. So?     @2And since the model is so new, none of them have service capabilities as of now, right?  @3Right.. But I still don't get it..    @2I'll explain on the way over. Let's go! When do we meet this Whopper guy?     @3At twelve o-clock so we better hurry                 @1Roger explained the plan in detail as they ran down town. Outside the shop Roger stopped.       @2Ok here we are. Remember - Poker face, right?    @3Right Roger, poker face..                   @1They marched casually in through the door and headed straight for the portable terminal department. At the display stand there were at least ten terminals that had been unwrapped and were powered up to show the customers. Ken moved quickly over to the clerk and started asking silly questions about the terminal. The clerk, thinking that Ken would actually buy the terminal showed off all its capabilities. Meanwhile Roger grabbed one of the terminals and headed for the exit. At the main desk he stopped and placed the terminal on the desk and broke the optical drive eject button off.                      @2Excuse me. Excuse me! Is it possible to get some service here!?         @3Yes, sir. What can I do for you?    @2Well, I bought this heap of scrap metal last week and the bastard won't give me back my disks!  @3I assure you sir, this model is no heap of scrap metal.   @2Well, it won't do me any good since I can't get my disks out!     @3Ok then, let's have a look at it. Yes, this explains it. The drive eject button is broken. I wonder who did that..   @2Don't take that tone with me! Anyway, I want it serviced right this moment. How long can it take to replace a button?    @3Well, I'm affraid we can't have it finished until the end of next week. You see we have to send it to the manufacturer for service. This is, as you are well aware of, a very new model.   @2But I can't work without this for two weeks! That's it! I'll have it serviced elsewhere! Good bye!                      @1Roger walked slowly towards the exit door with the terminal trying to look angry while he really was very amazed that the trick worked. As he reached for the door handle, an alarm sounded and a heavy steel grid fell to the floor blocking the exit. Roger stood motionless. He heard people running towards him.                                     @2Well isn't it funny how he always manages to end a chapter at the most exciting time??  Anyway that is just one more reason why you should attend @3THE PARTY 1992 @1where we (as I already told you) will release Issue 18 of The EuroChart which among many other things will include chapter 11 of The exciting story about Ken.       This is @3Playboy @1of @2Static Bytes @1signing off...                @2The Official EuroChart  Issue 17 @1- (C) Copyright @2STATIC BYTES @1- November 1992                                  Scroll Restarts